Mataca was Fiji’s first
ordained bishop and was hugely popular but divided the Catholic Church with his
support of Frank Bainimarama and his illegal government.

Appointed Archbishop just two years after in 1976, Mataca went on to support the Peoples Charter
and co-chaired the National Council for a Better Fiji with Bainimarama.

Unlike the Methodist
Church, which challenged the illegal government, Mataca refused
to endorse a statement by the Assembly of Christian Churches and the Fiji
Council of Churches, which described Bainimarama and the military as ‘manifestations
of darkness and evil.’

Mataca rejected the statement as hypocritical, saying the ACC
and FCC had failed to denounce the 2000 coup.

He had criticised the George Speight coup, and the ‘discrmiminate destruction
and burning of property, and looting.”

“It is the part of Fiji history (where) I am ashamed to (be) known as a Fiji
islander,” he said at the time.

Mataca said the Catholic Church’s sympathy went to its ethnic Indian brothers and
sisters, but heard, too, the frustration
and anger of indigenous Fijians.

“We will journey with them until they
feel secure in their identity, (in their) rights as indigenous (people) and in
their stewardship of time, talents and treasures, including land given by God," he said.

Mataca with John Samy and Bainimarama.

In 2005, he accused
the Laisenia Qarase government of hoodwinking church leaders into supporting a bill that offered perpetrators amnesty saying: “...... any stubborn effort by the Government to push
through this Bill will be counter productive and will threaten Fiji’s future
stability.”

A year later, he urged
Christians not to get caught up in ethnic politics.

On being made a Companion of the Order of Fiji last year, he said “I think I am the only leader who has survived and come
across all the coups in Fiji."

He said he was planning to write a book and that "Fiji
is on the right path.”

Yet another decree amended

Mataca's passing comes as Fiji First and its officials at last declare their
assets.

What an anti-climax: Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum
were outed on their salaries and assets more than two years ago but
both have played dumb despite repeated and renewed calls for
transparency and accountability, even after they announced the September 17 election.

Both have dodged, tarried, and delayed so
many times their 'compliance' this week is meaningless.Any disclosure now is bound to be less than what the people deserve with any real information sanitised or waved away.And not unexpected, yet another decree has been amended.

NFP: Targeted in amended decree

According to the regime the Political Parties (Registration,
Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013, has been adjusted to ensure political party leaders and officials who assumed leadership roles
after their parties were registered declare their
assets and liabilities, along with those of their wives and children.

Khaiyum claims it is a result of 'lack of transparency' by National
Federation Party and Peoples Democratic Party executives who haven't
declared assets and liabilities.

He says there have been changes in both NFP and PDP 'but

PDP: Also targeted.

none of these people saw it fit to come and
declare their assets and liabilities.'

The Electoral Decree 2014 has also been amended, confirming ballot papers will not carry the party name or logo, just the
names of candidates, their photos and designated candidate number as earlier revealed.

Editor's Note: Further reading on Petero Mataca and the Peoples Charter, which appeared on C4.5 on Sunday April 2013 under the heading, Letter 'redeems' Fiji Charter advocates, is available on Wadan Narsey's blog.

Decree seems to me wil enable Bainivuaka and ariselevu to hide their assets behind their auntie bano and friends.......drau sa boidada mai qai kilai levu nomudrau lawmaking kei na lasu......bring on democracy so these big crooks can be taken to task and get thrown to jail with the Shameems where they rightly belong.....sorry Shameems your names will still appear because you played a big part in this......welcome democracy....I've had enough of these crooks

MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE PASSING OF ARCHBISHOP PETERO MATACA

Every Fijian joins me in mourning the passing of Archbishop Petero Mataca, the former head of the Roman Catholic Church in Fiji. He was a towering figure in the church and the wider community, serving as the Archbishop of Suva for a remarkable 36 years.

Archbishop Mataca was a man of great integrity who was always prepared to take a stand for what is right. I came to deeply appreciate his personal qualities when he and I co-chaired the National Council for Building a Better Fiji. We shared a vision of a nation in which a common and equal citizenry work hand in hand for the common good and I deeply valued his commitment and support as we strove to meet that common objective.

It is sad that Archbishop Mataca did not live to see the first genuine democracy that he so passionately believed in take hold in Fiji after our General Election in September. But when it happens, it will be in large part because of the building blocks he did so much to set in place.

I will never forget his courage in standing up to the forces of division in Fiji, nor the great moral authority he exercised as Archbishop for the common good. As I mourn his passing, I renew my commitment to achieve Archbishop Mataca's vision for our beloved nation.

He stood for equal opportunity, justice and dignity for every Fijian. And those are the principles on which a better Fiji is being built.

I don't think history will be very kind to Archbishop Mataca, because it won't be very kind in its assessment of the Bainimarama Captivity. I think Mataca was well-meaning but ill-informed. Far better for him and for the nation if he had not meddled in politics. Because of his support of Bainimarama's treason, he now has much for which to answer. May God have mercy on his soul.

Even on the passing of Archbishop Mataca, Bainimarama doesn't hesitate to use the occasion to try to legitimise his illegal rule. "We shared a vision" . . . Blah, blah, blah.

Without legal mandate, the NCBBF produced the People's Charter. That Charter committed the regime to abiding by the 1997 Constitution. It did not. Bainimarama's regime completely broke from the Charter with its illegal "abrogation" of our Constitution, which means that Bainimarama also broke from his "shared vision" with Mataca.

Bainimarama laments: "It is sad that Archbishop Mataca did not live to see the first genuine democracy that he so passionately believed in take hold in Fiji after our General Election in September." The sad truth is that Mataca never could have lived long enough to see genuine democracy in Fiji. I'm not sure any of us will. After all, does ANYone really believe Bainimarama is going to permit genuine democracy after the September elections or EVER?

The elections are illegal, dishonest and pre-determined. In that sense, "Pygmies @ 4.5” is right when he sneers: "Never mind what happens on September 17. You are already losers." The elections will be a farce, just like everything else organised by this regime. We should have unified behind a single party and boycotted the elections, but we didn't. The regime succeeded in sowing division only too easily. And so soon we'll be in a situation where the regime has stolen the elections, but we'll have little with which to substantiate allegations to that effect. Of course, what "Pygmies" fails to appreciate is that Bainimarama's theft of the elections won't mean that only WE will have lost, for the entire nation will be the loser at that point.

Mataca squandered his "great moral authority" on support for a moral midget who was the mastermind behind the events of 2000 that so deeply affected him. By supporting Bainimarama, Mataca didn't stand up to the forces of division in Fiji so much as help to legitimise them.

"Equal opportunity, justice and dignity" are only empty slogans coming from Bainimarama. He is the biggest perpetrator in Fiji today of nepotism, favouritism, injustice, torture and abuse.

If Bainimarama really wants to renew his commitment to achieving Archbishop Mataca's vision for Fiji, he can begin by restoring the 1997 Constitution, as endorsed by Mataca and the NCBBF in the People's Charter.

Totally agree. How can you defame a dead priest when it's the truth. Mataca backed the Peoples Charter, which was used by Bainimarama as the basis of his roadmap after his illegal takeover. The Charter was a sham and never had the full support of people. Mataca kept a tight hold on a Roman Catholics and in endorsing Bainimarama's Charter helped get the regime to where they are today. No one wants to speak ill of the dead but Mataca will be remembered for his decisions but it is to St Peters to judge him not us.

Bainimarama has never been nor will he ever be a legitimate leader of Fiji. The majority of right minded people in Fiji reject his illegal overthrow outright. There are many who reject but only have it forced down their throats by illegal decree. We the people of Fiji ARE "losers", we have lost our freedom, the right to a truly democratic process and the governments we voted for on numerous occasions only to be usurped by a rogue military force. Prayer is all that we have left and everyday we pray for the downfall of this illegal regime and the justice which has been denied us for so long.

Anon@10.55a and 4.21am You almost sound like the guy who couped Fiji in 2006 and who loves to abuse the crap out of people, especially church people, but who has spent a lot of Fiji's money getting a makeover so the world thinks he's civilised enough to be a leader. Hahaha but I guess that guy's above that sort of ugliness - NOT!

wonder if the barking dogs (YES YOU) would change the tone when Bainimarama becomes the democratically elected PM post September ...hahaha ..way off to bank to cash in while you all whinge ...Lamu lamu :)

Everything Bai, Kai and Mata did was forced on we the people!!!A lot of nut heads are buried in their arses permanently hence the failure to comprehend.A lie is a lie, treason is treason and murder ie murder no matter the amount of bribery and lasu by FBC etc etc etc (even if Bai wins)

When (not if) Banimarama "wins" in September, it won't be democratically. It will be just like everything else Bainimarama achieves, which is through deceit and cynical manipulation.

Even if other countries, acting in furtherance of what they see as their own national interests, endorse the pre-determined results of these unfair elections, I never will. I will continue to oppose him implacably with every fibre of my being.

Totally agree with High Tea. Bainimarama will 'win' the election but only because it has been designed for him to conquer. It would be unfathomable for the Casava Patch Kid to 'lose' after the trouble he and Khaiyum have gone to making over Fiji in the past eight years. Look out for more decrees and amended decrees - they will be tidying up any loose ends or floppy bits that are still dangling!

reply: Vodafone UK has rushes to dispose off its 49% stake in Vodafone Fiji to FNPF for $160m because it does not liability from future law suits against vodafone Fiji for illegally intercepting and passing information about its customers to the military regime between 2006 Dec - 2014 Sep. Recent reports has confirmed Aslam Khan was authorised these unlawful spying and vodafone UK in expecting the elected government to sully allow these legal actions has washed its hands from Fiji.

@ High Teawailei ..once a whinger ..always a whinger ."When (not if) Banimarama "wins" in September, it won't be democratically" ..can you prove this? do you think the observer countries are blind or rather bribed by Fiji? why dont you standup in the election if you feel so democracy phobiatic? No coz you no guts ..lamu lamu iko ey?

Anonymous 2:19, I shudder to think where traitors go when they die. Dante's poem The Inferno depicted traitors as gong to the bottom-most rungs of Hell. There Satan is stuck waist deep in ice. Each of his three faces has a mouth that chews on a prominent traitor, like Brutus, Cassius, and Judas.

One of those in this worst part of Hell is an archbishop. I'm not saying Mataca is going there — it's not for me to judge. I'm just saying that Dante's depiction showed that even archbishops are not immune.

To all SODELPA election candidates, read Niko Nawaikula’s story ( in link below) on their campaign and discussions with villagers in Vanua Levu, to inform you of the materials you can use in discussions with voters in your areas of campaign. Please leave behind printed copies in the Fijian langusge and encourage the people to further discuss with families and fellow villagers to fully understand the evils of the current illegal Govt and their officials.

I PLEAD WITH YOU CANDIDATES IN NAITASIRI AND TAILEVU TO ESPECIALLY USE SUCH MATERIALS WITH VILLAGERS as widely as possible as a few of them are still dazzled by the Sawani-Serea new highway being built and other bribery so called gifts from the treasonous Bainimarama

Mataca rest in peace ,,,wasted his time with NCBBF which resulted in Yash Ghai constitution trashed by Bai ni Kaiyum......Come on guys let s not be blinded by all these goodies and see that a crim and traitor is the leader of FF

We are writing this with great concern that you have unlawfully allowed Dayals Sawmillers or in your terms Westland Logging contractors to log in Nukurua Forest. We have written on this matter before but you have failed to reply till date. All this illegal practices will soon be challenged in court. Now since Dayals are in Nukurua their last 21 months of operations they have caused severe environment damages and have damaged Koroqaqa road and the main Nukurua road where it is impossible for even 4 Wheel drives to run. This will cause severe land slides and soil erosions which will choke all small streams which we depend for food we will have a disaster on Rewa River as well. His logging practices has been against the logging code and the Forest Decree.

Just last week Fiji hardwood has allowed him to work in another area where they have opened a new road leaving the existing and approved road for logging and haulage. The area where they are working will block all the streams which we the villages of Sote will suffer in due course.

We allow you till Wednesday (02/07/2014) this week to call a meeting at Nukurua Station with all the landowners and the affected villages to address this issues immediately and we request your office to suspend all the logging operations of Dayals Sawmillers(Westland) in Nukurua immediately. We also ask you to invite the environment people so Dayals can be charged for all his illegal opeations. We will not attend the meeting without the staffs of environment.

We need a respond by the closing business hours today and the contact person is Aprosa Ciwanacagi 9188717.

And who killed this man of God?Was it Bainimarama or his killer squad from Delai Nabua? Was he poisonedi mean there's just too many people who originally supported this idiots but later changed their views, always end up 6 feet under?This guys death looks very suspicious to me,he was doing hisbest to distant himself from thesecriminals and suddenly he was dead?

No surprise decrees have been amended and no surprise Neil Sharma is standing for elections in Fiji First ticket. He has the profile to win but lots of ordinary people will be remembering the shabby medical treatment they've been getting in the last eight years.

Jay Dayal is a regime lackey who is sucking up to regime because of Mahogany license and supply to crushed stones for road building. This selfish man is for himself only. He uses resources of the natives and then abuses them with insults and derogatory remarks to please the regime. Landowners take note .

Safety and training issue bismproblem in Fiji Airways. Safety is questionable now, ever since Stefan’s predecessor had taken over. Meh cava would the public think when it becomes known the new recruits for our airline are fresh from flight school. The airline has gone away from previous practise of hiring local pilots with a minimum of 1500 flying hours to modri ones with less that a couple hundred. While local experienced pilots languish in domestic operations. Locals are complaining that even some foreign pilots are hired with less hours than locals. Foreign pilots with less experience than locals are getting paid DOUBLE the salary and housing provided. This cant be right eh? AG and Shaveass V micromanaging areas outside their concern, but when there is problem they pass the blame. How long do we have to put up with this? Goto Fiji Airways facebook account and see how many flights being cancelled and so much complaints.

Hahahaha! Even Regime ministers make fun of Jay Dayal. If he invites any minister to do be chief guest then they know Jay Dayal will approach them next day to seek favours. Just ask prominent Ba community leader Anita Narayan how he uses Health Minister Neil Sharma to get appointed to boards of hospital. Entire Ba knows this man is so selfish and self centered.

The policy of this dictatorship with Khayium as the mastermind is the removal of all rights of the taukei to their customary institutions, their land and all that hold them distinctly as an ethnic group with its identity. It is called mainstreaming & it is boldly expressed in the peoples charter and Fijis report to the UN.Despite the UN disagreement the Dictatorship has passed many laws and continue to do so in its mainstreaming exercise. They include :1. The Fijian affairs GCC regulation of 2007 to suspend the GCC. 2. The GCC amendment decree of 2008 to terminate GCC nominees to the Fijian Affair Board to be replaced by govt appointees. 3. The Fijian Affair ( Provincial Councils ) amendment regulation of 2008 to terminate attendance at Provincial Councils of educated urban I taukei. 4. The Fijian Trust Fund ( amendment ) Decree No 2 of 2009 that terminated the GCC as appointing authority for the Fijian Trust Board & replacement by government. 5. The Native Land Trust (amendment ) decree No 31 of 2009 to terminate the appointing authority of the GCC to the Native Land Trust Board and its replacement by government alone .6.The Native Land Trust (amendment ) Regulation of 2010 that terminated the share of royalty income for the chiefs. 7. The Mahogany Decree No 16 of 2010 that terminated NLTBs power and authority over mahogany leases & NLTBs power to fix & negotiate financial return on Mahogany and its replacement by a council headed by Bainimarama & Kaiyum. 7.The Surfing Areas Decree No 25 of 2010 that terminated control of surfing areas by Itaukei & their trustee Tltb vesting all rights under the Director of Lands.8. The Fijian Affair (amendment ) Decree No 31 of 2010 that took away "Fijian " as their name replaced by i Taukei. 9 The Native Land Trust (Amendment ) Decree No 32 of 2010 that removed the President as chiefly representative & chairman of Tltb Board and replacement by the Prime Minister. 10. The Land Use Decree No 36 of 2010 that gives to the Prime Minister unfretted power to designate native land to a land bank to be administered by the land use unit & Director of lands.11.The Native Land Trust (amendment ) Decree No 20 of 2010 that terminated the GCC authority over extinct mataqali land. 12. The Native Land Trust (amendment ) Decree No 20 of 2012 that terminated the power of the GCC to determine customary ownership of extinct mataqali land. 13 The Taukei Affairs(amendment ) Decree No 22 of 2012 that terminated the existence of the GCC. 14. The Taukei Trust Fund (amendment ) Decree No 23 of 2012 that terminated the GCC administrative power of the Fijian Trust Fund. 15. The 2013 Constitution that removed the entrenched provisions allowing the government of the day to change native land legislation without first obtaining the prerequisite prior consent of native owners

We simply cannot afford to lose. SODELPA has it in its manifesto to restore the GCC & remove these laws which the UN say is in breach of our right to be consulted and give our prior consent before passing any such laws. But SODELPA must win first before it can do all that.If we lose then we are giving legitimacy to the unlawful & criminal acts of this government. If that happen Bainimarama will look to the international community and say, " I committed crimes of treason ,I'm implicated in the murder of soldiers and civilians, I abused and tortured, I abused the indigenous rights of the Itaukei by passing these laws without obtaining their prior consent but those very same people are electing me to power & it all means they agree. We must never ever give him that benefit and we do so by our vote. "I felt we were understood and appreciated by all audience in these villages. After each visit we leave behind a list of these decrees with the chief or turaga ni Koro translated into Itaukei for their reference.

I suppose that immunity decrees don't do you a lot of good in Hell. And neither does a fancy title like Prime Minister, Archbishop, or Rear Admiral. No Aunty Nur there to doctor your account records. Punctilious Mr. Scratch thoroughly records everything.

I guess that only God-fearing people consider such things. Others will go on as if Hell doesn't exist.

One way to find out.

What do YOU think?

Perhaps you scoff, but if you're wrong, you might spend eternity paying for your mistake.

Jay Dayal is the President of Fiji Sawmillers Association and he shafted his own members by making a deal with regime for himself leaving the rest of members high and dry. Ask Feroz how he betrayed his own members for his own financial benefit. He got the mahogany license for his company.

"Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean"

I thank Niko Nawaikula very much for that list of all that have been taken away from the Indigenous Fijians, their Chiefs, and the GCC.

These truths should be disclosed and displayed to all who reside in villages, rural and urban areas especially the iTaukeis. I thought that this illegal regime was building roads and bridges for better access to many areas and villages where iTaukeis reside, but I didn't realize that the roads and bridges were being built for the land grab by foreigners who will claim these lands through illegal decrees and through the illegal 2013 constitution.

I was going to vote for FF but now I have changed my mind. I will vote for SODELPA.

Anon 4:34, like Frank Bainimarama, Adolf Hitler was a confirmed Catholic who stopped practicing the faith and later persecuted all churches. He once remarked that "Christianity is a religion for slaves."

We ARE slaves. We no longer live our lives for ourselves but for he who gave his life for us, that we might live.

As much as I disagree with the action take by the late Archbishop Petero Mataca post-2006coup, I am so impressed that he departed our world the day right after we celebrated the Feast day of St Peter and St Paul (Sunday 29Jun)! It's only fitting that I recall our 2nd reading of the Holy Scriptures on Sunday for this sad AND joyous occasion, for a blessed life that was fully lived, in obedience to his fiat...

"6 As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to depart.

7 I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith;

8 all there is to come for me now is the crown of uprightness which the Lord, the upright judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his appearing."

"17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed for all the gentiles to hear; and so I was saved from the lion's mouth.

18 The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen." ~ Second Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18

May his soul rest in peace.

Vinaka C4.5 for the fitting photo to remember him by.

"You are a priest for ever of the order of Melchizedek" ~ Hebrews 7:17).

Under their current legislation and constitution native land is protected . I'm a lawyer in suva . This is one of the fiefs things they did . I think anyone in power , that dare change land laws will do this to the peril of their own party . No matter what anyone says about bai n Aiyaz , they have protected land .

Is it true that Proff Satendra Pratap Nono-Done will stand as a star Indo-fijian candidate for the Phiji Phirst Party?--he will make a good running mate phor Dr Nil Sarma-the medical service wrecker.Oh--the poor goats in Meigunyah !--please Hanumanji--save them from None-Done.None-Done's nephews in meigunyah are very jittery about None-Done's return.Pray Hanumanji it does not happen !!

anon 8.30, 8.36 & 8.39pmcurses will come when the truth is revealed he? nothing sensible to say?these summary by Niko is spreading like wildfire in the taukei lands and villages and community.BE READY TO RUN RUN RUN RUN ,,,,,,yes and never stop ....Bai and Kai will be taken hostage soon, forces will split and we coming to get you BAD BOYS BAD BOYS

SINCE 1970 FIJI WAS GOVERNED BY LAWS THAT PLACED ORDINARY FIJIANS IN BONDAGE.THESE LAWS WERE MEANT TO PROFIT CHIEFS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE GCC ONLY.MOST OF DECISION MAKING IN RELATION TO LAND,LAND LEASE FUNDS,EXTINCT MATAQALI FUND WAS MADE BY THE GCC OR GCC ELECTED BODY OR COUNCIL.MOST OF IT IS OUTLINED IN NIKO NAWAIKULA'S POST.NIKO IS PROPHESING THAT FIJIANS WILL BE AT THE LOSING END IF THESE LAWS ARE ENACTED SINCE THE GOVT IS NOW EMPOWERED TO TAKE OVER FROM THE GCC.Have the Fijians benefitted when the laws werent changed? Have the landowning units benefitted from the GCC empowered councils or bodies? The answer is 3-4 coups, splits within the chiefs in the GCC,abuse of land lease funds,abuse of extinct mataqali funds, alienation of chiefs of the Western and Northern who are the Money Belts of Fiji, as a result these two zones are the most neglected in terms of development but the profits made on them benefits the whole country ie. sugar cane farming, tourism,timber,Fiji Water,pearl farming,eco tourism,agricultural exports and many more yet the roads and infrastructure on them are deplorable and astonishing.IT IS THE NON MONEY MAKING ZONES OF FIJI THAT ARE REAPING THE REWARDS,JUST LOOK AT THE ROADS,BRIDGES,FOOTPATHS,STREET LIGHTS,PARKS,NUMEROUS SCHOOLS,TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTES,CINEMAS AND MANY MORE ARE CONCENTRATED IN ONE SPOT ONLY,THIS GOVT IS TRYING TO SPREAD BUTTER EVENLY ON THE BREAD SLICE,WHEREAS THE PRACTICE BEFORE IS HALF THE BREAD SLICE IS BUTTERED AND THE OTHER HALF ISNT.THAT IS WHY CHANGES HAS TO BE MADE TO THE MECHANSIMS THAT OPERATE THE MONEY MAKING MACHINE.THAT IS WHY THE GCC NEEDS TO BE STRIPPED OF MOST ITS POWERS BECAUSE IT BENEFITTED A HANDFUL OF FIJIANS AND CHIEFS ONLY.IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE OUTSET THAT IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE.A TIME TO MAKE A STAND AND REMOVE THE SHACKLES THAT HAVE ENSLAVED ORDINARY FIJIAN AND CHIEFS.THAT TIME IS NOW.WE NEED TO PUT FIJI FIRST RATHER THEN A FEW FIRST.FIJI FIRST RATHER THEN GCC FIRST.FIJI FIRST RATHER THEN CHIEFS FIRST.

The right of indigenous peoples to self-determination is fundamental to UNDRIP. While there are different interpretations, self-determination generally means that indigenous peoples have the right to decide what is best for them and their communities. For example, they can make their own decisions on issues that concern them and carry them out in the way that will be meaningful to indigenous peoples, while being respectful of the human rights of their community members (including children) and other peoples as well. Indigenous peoples have the right to be independent and free. They have the right to be citizens of the country they live in and at the same time to be members of their indigenous communities. As citizens, they have the right to choose to build relationships with other peoples and to take active roles in the country in which they are living.

The right to cultural identity...

Indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, but they also have the right to be different, for example in the way they dress, the food they eat and in the language they speak.

The right to free, prior and informed consent.....

Free, prior and informed consent means that indigenous peoples have the right to be consulted and make decisions on any matter that may affect their rights freely, without pressure, having all the information and before anything happens.

Protection from discrimination....

The right to be free from discrimination means that governments must ensure that indigenous peoples and individuals are treated the same way as other people, regardless of sex, disability or religion.

Article 30: Military activities.Military activities will not take place on indigenous lands without indigenous peoples’ free, prior and informed consent, unless it is necessary for the well-being of all of society and it takes place through consultations with indigenous peoples’ representatives.In here which is the GCC..!!!

When has Frank EVER put Fiji first? He's trying to strip the chiefs of their power in order to help Fiji. He's doing it in order to make his personal dictatorship more absolute, in preparation for seizing our land.

It is sad and fitting that an old man with bad eyes takes his place at the alter of the Lord. But it is not the archbishop most wanted to die, It's this fark bainimarama and his ciqi boy kutu khaiyumi they the ones who should be dead, m'farkers!!!

When the i'Taukei talk to each other in their own language so that no-one else knows that they are saying, they demonstrate their inherent insecurity and weakness. As a race, they own more than 90 per cent of Fiji's land but still bang on about being threatened. Well, yes they are. But their insecurity is a state of mind, not something grounded in reality. Instead of being proud and strong, they are timid and weak. In fact they are so pathetically weak they revert to speaking to each other in their own tongue. The linguistic equivalent of a Mason's handshake, as in "we are the only true Fijians and if we keep saying it long enough to each other in our own language it might make us feel more confident". Not the proud warrior tough guys of popular imagination but liumuri nancy boys yelling insults and then running back to hide behind their mother's skirts. AND WHEN THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER IN CAPITAL LETTERS YOU KNOW THEY ARE REALLY FEELING INSECURE. Man up, guys. No-one's going to take anything away from you. You are safe in your own country if not in your own heads. Take a tip. Stop beating your wives and abusing your children and come out of your intellectual teiteis and join the grown ups in the real world. There. That wasn't so bad was it?

That woman is Graham Davis. He has certain "tells" in his writing that are a dead giveaway.

Graham is a frequent contributor to this website. This is typical of his "contributions" — insulting Fijians as timid and weak, as abusive fathers and husbands, and for having the temerity to write in Fijian.

This is the coloniser mindset on full display — patronisingly chiding us for writing in our own language. He'd much prefer we wrote only in English so that he can monitor what we're saying and twist and distort the truth as necessary to refute our arguments or confuse the facts. Fijian is a national language of Fiji. Forcing us to use English exclusively in the name of assimilation, globalisation, progress or what-have-you is a major step toward extinguishing our cultural identity.

You purport to be Fijian, Graham. Would it be asking too much for you to learn the Fijian language? After all, don't you expect immigrants to Australia to learn to speak English? Same difference, old chap.

Your site uses a capcha to prove we're not robots. If only you could devise one to prove we're not idiots! That would spare us plenty of stupid comments, like that of More Land Scare Madness at 5:03 AM. It sounds like another Graham Davis "contribution", frankly.

If Frank owns his land legally, then he hasn't seized it, has he! But it's not his land we're concerned about. We're concerned about how Frank's regime has very systematically stripped away all entrenched constitutional provisions and other legal safeguards designed by our Founding Fathers to protect our land as a birthright for future generations of Fijians. These machinations are clearly part of a Khaiyum-led campaign to alienate us from control of our land and to devolve all decisionmaking power to the Prime Minister, without the possibility of legal recourse.

This is our land, not his. And any meathead who attempts to trivialise this issue will fail.

ONE OF THE GLARING REASONS WHY GOVT IS TAKING OVER MAINTENANCE OF EXTINCT MATAQALI FUNDS IS THE CONSTANT ABUSE OF THESE FUNDS BY TLTB STAFF. IN THE CURRENT CASE STATE VS DAKUIDREKETI AND BAKANI, A TLTB STAFF DIDNT SEEK APPROVAL OF FAB FOR THE TRANSFER OF $3.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO VANUA DEV.CO.LTD. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE NEED GOVT TO MONITOR AND PUT THESE FUNDS TO BETTER USE. These funds were supposed to be returned to members of the mataqali within the same Tikina but for reasons known to past Govt and TLTB Staff they were even loaning it to Ballu Khan who is a non Fijian and not registered in the Holy VKB,see the irony? THEN VOTE FIJI FIRST, WE ARE PUTTING A STOP TO ALL THIS CORRUPTION AND ABUSE FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE WHOLE OF FIJI.SA YADRA.AURIA SE WARA!!

Where are all the nationalists and i taukei. They had marched when Chaudhry was the P.M.This the worst situation of land grab by Khayium. The number of chinese coming and taking over agriculture land to do cash cropping is of concern. These chinese are paying small amount of money to the land owners as these chinese are bribing to take agricultural land for cash cropping.The interesting thing is that they are not declaring the ACTUAL CASH these chinese are earning from CASH CROPPING compared to the Indians who are sugarcane farmers.In this way they are making large amounts of money and not even declaring it to FRCA.The i taukei must stand up now otherwise it will be too late.

c 4.5 doest not even leave behind a dead Bishop. Such clowns you are. Slanted article making it sound the Methodist Church have always upheld the law. Bishop was always pro Fiji, even in 1987 he came out with a unity message despite many indians thinking he was pro Rabuka. He wasnt pro Rabuka, he was just pro Fiji.

All Methodist this is payback time.Khayium did not allow Methodist to hold conference for 7 years when he was meeting in the mosques throughout the country and doing all networking amongst his Muslim brotherhood.

Every indigenous person is born with the right to life, to live freely (liberty) and to be safe and secure. Indigenous peoples as a group have the right to live freely, be safe and secure, and not exposed to violence. For example, the children of an indigenous group may not be taken away from their family by force.

Article 8: Assimilation or destruction of culture.......

Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right not to be assimilated – meaning, they have the right not to be forced to take up someone else’s culture and way of life, and for their culture not to be destroyed.

Article 9: Belonging to an indigenous community or nation....

Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right to belong to indigenous communities or nations. They may not be discriminated against because of their belonging to (being a member of) an indigenous community or nation.

Article 10: Forceful removal and relocation.....

Indigenous peoples may not be removed or relocated by force from their lands. If they are relocated, then only with their free, prior and informed consent, meaning that they have the right to make decisions on relocation freely, without pressure, having all the information and before anything happens. They also have the right to compensation for their relocation, and the option to return to their land, if possible

The local consultant for the casino project in Nadi is Nur Bano. So how much shares is held by Khayium as a silent partner in this project.Only projects like casino, bollywood movies , mahogany etc via nur bano is approved by the regime.How much consultant fees has been paid to nur bano for these projects?Monies for these projects are paid overseas and held in trust bu nur bano for Khayium.Casino is against the churches and vanua.

Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revive their culture and traditions. Governments will work with indigenous peoples to ensure indigenous property rights to their cultures, knowledge, spiritual and religious traditions are respected, and to address cases where these have been used without free, prior and informed consent.

Article 12: Right to spiritual and religious traditions and customs....

Indigenous peoples have the right to practice their spiritual and religious traditions. Governments will, with indigenous peoples, ensure that indigenous peoples are free to practice, protect and revive and keep alive their cultures, spiritual, religious and knowledge traditions.

Article 13: Right to know and use language, histories and oral traditions........

Indigenous peoples have the right to recover, use and pass on to future generations their histories and languages, oral traditions, writing systems and literature and to use their own names for communities, places and people. Indigenous peoples also have the right to be heard and understood in their own languages in different settings as for example in court, through an interpreter.

The policy of this dictatorship with Khayium as the mastermind is the removal of all rights of the taukei to their customary institutions, their land and all that hold them distinctly as an ethnic group with its identity. It is called mainstreaming & it is boldly expressed in the peoples charter and Fijis report to the UN.Despite the UN disagreement the Dictatorship has passed many laws and continue to do so in its mainstreaming exercise. They include :1. The Fijian affairs GCC regulation of 2007 to suspend the GCC. 2. The GCC amendment decree of 2008 to terminate GCC nominees to the Fijian Affair Board to be replaced by govt appointees. 3. The Fijian Affair ( Provincial Councils ) amendment regulation of 2008 to terminate attendance at Provincial Councils of educated urban I taukei. 4. The Fijian Trust Fund ( amendment ) Decree No 2 of 2009 that terminated the GCC as appointing authority for the Fijian Trust Board & replacement by government. 5. The Native Land Trust (amendment ) decree No 31 of 2009 to terminate the appointing authority of the GCC to the Native Land Trust Board and its replacement by government alone .6.The Native Land Trust (amendment ) Regulation of 2010 that terminated the share of royalty income for the chiefs. 7. The Mahogany Decree No 16 of 2010 that terminated NLTBs power and authority over mahogany leases & NLTBs power to fix & negotiate financial return on Mahogany and its replacement by a council headed by Bainimarama & Kaiyum. 7.The Surfing Areas Decree No 25 of 2010 that terminated control of surfing areas by Itaukei & their trustee Tltb vesting all rights under the Director of Lands.8. The Fijian Affair (amendment ) Decree No 31 of 2010 that took away "Fijian " as their name replaced by i Taukei. 9 The Native Land Trust (Amendment ) Decree No 32 of 2010 that removed the President as chiefly representative & chairman of Tltb Board and replacement by the Prime Minister. 10. The Land Use Decree No 36 of 2010 that gives to the Prime Minister unfretted power to designate native land to a land bank to be administered by the land use unit & Director of lands.11.The Native Land Trust (amendment ) Decree No 20 of 2010 that terminated the GCC authority over extinct mataqali land. 12. The Native Land Trust (amendment ) Decree No 20 of 2012 that terminated the power of the GCC to determine customary ownership of extinct mataqali land. 13 The Taukei Affairs(amendment ) Decree No 22 of 2012 that terminated the existence of the GCC. 14. The Taukei Trust Fund (amendment ) Decree No 23 of 2012 that terminated the GCC administrative power of the Fijian Trust Fund. 15. The 2013 Constitution that removed the entrenched provisions allowing the government of the day to change native land legislation without first obtaining the prerequisite prior consent of native owners

We simply cannot afford to lose. SODELPA has it in its manifesto to restore the GCC & remove these laws which the UN say is in breach of our right to be consulted and give our prior consent before passing any such laws. But SODELPA must win first before it can do all that.If we lose then we are giving legitimacy to the unlawful & criminal acts of this government. If that happen Bainimarama will look to the international community and say, " I committed crimes of treason ,I'm implicated in the murder of soldiers and civilians, I abused and tortured, I abused the indigenous rights of the Itaukei by passing these laws without obtaining their prior consent but those very same people are electing me to power & it all means they agree. We must never ever give him that benefit and we do so by our vote. "I felt we were understood and appreciated by all audience in these villages. After each visit we leave behind a list of these decrees with the chief or turaga ni Koro translated into Itaukei for their reference.

Indigenous peoples have the right to set up and manage their own schools and education systems. Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the same right as everyone else to go to school and cannot be left out because they are indigenous. This means that governments must ensure that indigenous peoples – particularly children – living in, or outside of, their communities get the same benefit from the education system as others in ways that respect indigenous cultures, languages and rights.

Indigenous peoples have the right to their cultures and traditions being correctly reflected in education and public information. Governments will work with indigenous peoples to educate non-indigenous peoples in ways that respect indigenous peoples’ rights and promote a harmonious society.

Article 16: Media........

Indigenous peoples have the right to create their own media (i.e., radio, TV and newspapers) in their own language and to access non-indigenous media. Government-owned media has a duty to reflect indigenous cultural diversity. Governments will also encourage privately owned media to reflect indigenous cultural diversity.

Article 17: Employment........

Indigenous individuals and peoples have the right to be treated fairly and not be discriminated against in all matters relating to work and employment. Indigenous children should be especially protected from work that harms them, and that is bad for their health and education. Governments will work together with indigenous peoples to protect children from this kind of mistreatment

i taukei students got 16 scholarships out of a total of 600.i taukei lecturer had his employment terminated and was escorted out of FNU campus at Samabula by military on the directive of Ganesh -V.C. of FNU for bringing this to the attention of the public.

Indigenous peoples have the right to take part in decision-making in all matters affecting them. This includes the rights of indigenous peoples to select who represents them and to have indigenous decision-making processes respected.

Governments must seek indigenous peoples’ views and opinions and work together with them through their chosen representatives in order to gain their free, prior and informed consent before laws are passed or policies or programs are put in place that will affect indigenous peoples.

Article 20: Subsistence and development.......

Indigenous peoples have the right to their own political, economic and social systems, and to follow their own traditional ways of growing food and other activities that help them in their daily living. They have the right to seek justice where this right is taken away.

Article 21: Economic and social well-being......

Indigenous peoples have the right to improve their economic and social well-being, and governments will take action to help indigenous peoples do so, with particular attention to the rights of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities.

Governments, with proper consultation with indigenous peoples, will ensure indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities have their rights respected. Governments will ensure that indigenous women and children are free from all forms of violence and discrimination.

Article 23: Priorities and strategies for development.........

Indigenous peoples have the right to set their own priorities and directions for development of their communities. Governments will support indigenous peoples to run their own organizations and services, and in deciding for themselves issues affecting their health, housing and other matters.

Article 24: Right to health.......

Indigenous peoples have the right to use traditional medicines and health practices that they find suitable. They have the right to access health care and social services (i.e., get prenatal care, go to the doctor or social worker or get help with food and housing) without discrimination. Indigenous individuals have the same right to health as everyone else, and governments will take the necessary steps to realize this right.

Having just read the Wadan Narsey piece about the letter that 'redeems' Mataca and John Samy, and the Archbishop's comment last year that 'Fiji is on the right path', I can only deduce that he supported the regime. As Bainimarama said yesterday, Mataca helped put into place the building blocks to help get the country to where it is today.

Article 25: Spiritual relationship with traditional land and resources..........

Indigenous peoples have the right to their special and important spiritual relationship with their lands, waters and resources and to pass these rights to future generations.

Article 26: Right to own, use, develop and control traditional land and resources........

Indigenous peoples have the right to own and develop their land and resources. Governments will legally recognize and protect these lands and resources, and will take action to respect indigenous peoples’ laws and traditions in non-indigenous legal systems.

Article 27: Indigenous laws and traditions on land and resources......

Governments will respect and recognize indigenous peoples’ laws and traditions about land and resources and take action to have these respected in non-indigenous legal systems. Indigenous peoples have the right to get help from governments to protect their lands.

Article 28: Rights when lands and resources are wrongly taken away.......

Indigenous peoples have the right to get back or to be compensated when their lands, territories or resources have been wrongly taken away, occupied, used or damaged without their free, prior and informed consent.

Article 29: Conservation and protection of the environment, lands and resources.........

Indigenous peoples have the right to their environment being protected. Governments will respect and protect the right of indigenous peoples to develop and protect their lands, water bodies and other natural resources. No dangerous materials should be placed on indigenous peoples’ lands without their free, prior and informed consent. Governments will protect the health of indigenous peoples who are affected by dangerous materials placed on their land.

Article 30: Military activities.....

Military activities will not take place on indigenous lands without indigenous peoples’ free, prior and informed consent, unless it is necessary for the well-being of all of society and it takes place through consultations with indigenous peoples’ representatives.

Article 31: Cultural and intellectual property........

Indigenous peoples have the right to their cultural and intellectual property, and governments will recognize and protect this right. Examples of cultural and intellectual property are stories, songs, dance, designs, art, ceremonies, sacred sites and remains of ancestors. Intellectual property includes things like indigenous peoples’ knowledge of their laws, spiritual, social, health, education, economic, and environmental beliefs, systems and practices.

Article 32: Land and resource development..........

Indigenous peoples have the right to decide how they wish to develop their lands and resources. Governments must respect and protect these rights. Indigenous peoples’ free, prior and informed consent must be obtained when any decisions are made that may affect the rights to their lands, resources or waters.

Indigenous peoples have the right to decide what their identity or membership is. They also have the right to decide who their members are according to their own customs and traditions. Indigenous peoples have a right to be citizens of the country in which they live.

Indigenous peoples have the right to their own structures, traditions and laws in ways that ensure that indigenous peoples enjoy the highest standards of human rights. Article 35: Individual responsibilities.......

Indigenous peoples have the right to decide what responsibilities individuals in their community have towards the community as a whole.

Article 36: Right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation.......

Indigenous peoples living in different countries have the right to be in contact and carry out activities with each other. Governments, in consultation with indigenous peoples, will support indigenous peoples in exercising this right.

Article 37: Recognition, observance and enforcement of treaties and agreements.........

Governments will respect all the agreements they have made with indigenous peoples. The Declaration in no way reduces the rights of indigenous peoples in other agreements previously made by indigenous peoples with governments.

Kisiko and Ratu Rala do not have the intellectual capacity to understand the basic principles in the constitution that will impact on future security of our native land as indigenous people of this country.The two are currently unemployed and not sufficiently schooled to understand the broader aspect of constitution. Sa i vei o ira na Kai viti vuku ka ra vakakoroi cerere me ra vukei Bhai & Khai.

Look around you 99% of educated Kai Viti are not behind the Dictator and this must ring a bell to all the Sapotas and the Masias of this murderous regime.

With due respect to Iloilo and Mataca - they were merely a no body in the minds of the kai Viti because of their stupidity.

This should result in mass deportations!!! Regime will now add another charge of inciting a war to Roko Uluis charges

Give up Lau'

Avinesh GopalThursday, July 03, 2014

TONGA'S Lands Minister Lord Ma'afu has revealed a proposal for the island kingdom to give up the disputed Minerva Reef to Fiji in exchange for the Lau Group.

The Minerva Reef has been at the centre of a dispute on ownership between the two countries.

Lord Ma'afu wants to make a proposal to Fiji that Tonga gets the Lau Group in exchange for Minerva Reef.

The Noble of Vaini on Tongatapu revealed this in an interview with Tonga Daily News' manager/editor Iliesa Tora last week, saying the row between the two countries over the ownership of Minerva Reef was not good for relations.

The reef, which is home to lucrative undersea minerals, was claimed by Tonga in 1972 and was declared by King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV as a Tongan island.

But in 2005, Fiji lodged a complaint with the International Seabed Authority concerning Tonga's claim over the reef.

"It is not good for our relations. We are closely related and our history dates back a long, long time," Lord Ma'afu said.

"So in good faith I will propose to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Fiji that they can have Minerva Reef and we get Lau in return.

"We have a lot of our own people with Lauan ancestry and a lot of Lauans with Tongan ancestry," said Lord Ma'afu, who is named after Ma'afu, the Tongan prince who played a key role in the early part of Fiji's history.

No comment could be obtained last night from Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, who is in Korea.

However, Foreign Affairs permanent secretary Amena Yauvoli said last night the ministry would just have to wait for the Tongan Government's proposal.

The reef is actually a group of two submerged atolls named after the whaling ship Minerva that wrecked there in 1829.

The North and South Minerva reefs are used as anchorages by yachts travelling between New Zealand and Tonga or Fiji and is reportedly an excellent place for scuba diving, snorkeling and fishing.

North Minerva offers the more protected anchorage while South Minerva is shaped similar to an infinity symbol, with its eastern lobe partially open to the ocean on the northern side.

Its bogans like nawaikula, dakuidreketi and bakani that are screwing the i-taukei's and the i-taukei's are enjoying getting screwed by such bogans. all this happened under the watch of SDL aka SODELPA and the bogans want us to blame Bainimarama/Kaiyum. Ballu Khan was right when he said that if one wants to screw the i-taukei, do it using the i-taukei. He was very successful in screwing the i-taukei and getting off without a hair being removed. Long live the bogans...

Under Khaiyum’s illegal Land Use Decree the illegal AG of the day has supreme power to do whatever he/she thinks is good for the economy or their pocket. They can ignore the needs and wishes of the landowners. They could even offer up land to investors and friends at very low or at no rent at all. There is nothing the landowners can legally do about it. They have no say in the matter.The Land use decree is out right land theft.

Will there ever be an end to your pathetic whinging about land? If you care so much about the land, then why don't we ever see you doing anything with it? Why do you so readily abandon the land to become squatters in the cities?

At least Bainimarama will DO SOMETHING with the land, as opposed to you lot who just harp on about how sacred it is whilst letting it lie fallow year after year.

So what if some of it is sold off to the I-Kiribati, or the Chinese, or the King of Tonga? Stop actng as if it would be the end of the world. At least SOMEONE would be doing something with it.

I'd trust Bainimarama with the land before I'd trust YOU with it. You've already shown yourselves incapable of utilising it properly. Stop being selfish. Let someone else use it. You're going to lose it anyway, just like you're going to lose this election.

I don't know why I call you guys Indians when you were born in Fiji. Anyway you Indian assholes owe me a debt of gratitude. You wouldn't be sticking around if it wasn't for me.

You better vote Fiji First. Look what I have done for your Muslim brothers. Who are those other foreigners, you know the ones with red spots on their heads. Why don't they fu%ck off back to wherever it is the came, Rotuma or wherever the fu^k they are from.

I am not racist. I just hate anyone who is different to me. At least those Asian fu%ckers make good food and sell cheap shit to my loyal subjects. Plus, their government gives me nice stuff to hand out a few passports.

Where would the tourists be able to buy drugs and screw a hooker if it wasn't for me and my Chinese buddies. I promised you assholes more jobs. So what if you are cooking meth and screwing tourists at least you are getting the minimum wage.

Please vote for me. I am not racist. I only staged the coup for the benefit of my Indian brothers. Don't be ungrateful now you curry munching assholes.

THIS IS WHY THIS POOR EXCUSE FOR A CHIEF AND POLITICAL LEADER IS HEADING FOR A HUMILIATING DEFEAT. A RELIC OF VITI MAKAWA:Majority of the population still vote along racial lines - Ro TeimumuThe leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party Ro Teimumu Kepa said the party strongly believes that majority of the people in the country are still focused on voting along racial lines. In an interview with Fijvillage, Ro Teimumu has revealed that majority of SODELPA’s support is from the itaukei community while they are facing difficulty with the other races.

Khayium who is lying and being deceitful, becuase it is he who:is holding Fiji hostage, is beating citizens who disagree with his treasonous activities and stupidity, stolen native Fijian lands for his new Chinese friends and corrupt family,removed the rule of lawis the most corrupt in Fiji's history removed freedoms of speech and freedom of the mediacreated the highest levels of unemployment while giving jobs to his new chinese friends, put more Fijian and non-Fijian families into poverty, is being deceitful about his multiple salaries and corruption and wont let the Auditor General publish his reports since 2006giving family and friends senior jobs in Government ALL these lies and deceit while Khayium himself lives the high life in luxury while most Fijians struggle to make ends meet.

Funny thing Fiji eh. Our choices for government is the Devil or the Deep Blue sea. It seems moderate intelligent parties like the NFP will be sidelined again in favor of the Tevero (Frank) or the nationalist. We will fail to heal and unite again just like we did in 1999 and like we have before. I would not have had a problem with SODELPA as i voted for the former SDL under Qarase. I am an Indian and an apostate Muslim. I have always believed that Indigenous Fijians deserve to feel comfortable in their own country. They also deserve a helping hand a bit more than the rest of us. However this must not be done at the expense of the poor and marginalized in other races and it must be done fairly in that all i-taukei who need the extra help must get it and not a select few who are chummy with certain government officials. In other words the process of affirmative action must be as transparent as it can be. Unfortunately this was not the case under the former government and unfortunately for most i-taukei this will be the case once again under SODELPA as most of the same old horses are back. If Ro Kepa had reached out genuinely to the other races and the young she would have led a great government albeit a slightly nationalistic one which is OK to most other races. This is sadly not the case. The only salvation this country has is a marriage between NFP and SODELPA. A marriage with Labour is like sleeping with a King Cobra. This alliance will allow both major communities to feel comfortable and work in harmony to build a great nation.In a strange way if this does happen then Frank is the greatest thing that happened to us because as we unite against him we will realize that we are not so different after all. God as they say works in mysterious ways and sometimes can use the Devil for good even without the devil knowing it.

FNPF "loaned" millions to Air Pacific (Fiji Airways) to BUY the new Airbus planes from France. And the FNPF pensions have been cut/reduced by up to 50%. So WHY in hell are the planes owned by Waqavuka Financing Ltd (which was registered in Ireland, in Jan 2013) and are being "leased" back to Air Pacific/Fiji Airways. Could this be part of the reason for the former CEO of Air Pacific suddenly resigning to take up a new job?

This is another illegal scam orchestrated by Khaiyum and his aunty Bano and their conspirators to "milk" Fiji for as much as they can get. .....And they are doing it to you while you have your eyes wide open! Wake up Fiji!

Waqavuka Investments is just another SCAM by Aiyaz and his dropkick Bainimarama.They scammed FNPF.They scammed Air Pacific.Aiyaz scammed the Duty Free system.Aiyaz and Bai using Nur Bano rather than Ministry of Finance is Daylight Robbery. Another Scam.Aiyaz scaming money left right and centre.AND WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THESE?

THE FIJIAN PEOPLE OF COURSE

AIYAZ SCAMMED THE FIJIANS OF THEIR SCHOLARSHIP.AND NOW WANTS TO SCAM THE FIJIANS OF THEIR LAND.

FIJIANS SHOULD GET RID OF THIS FARKING ARSEHOLE AND HIS STUPID MORONIC MOUTHPIECE BAINIMARAMA.

Please think very carefully people of Fiji. Voreqe and his illegal regime have committed so many serious crimes and actions that will cause them the rest of their lives in prison under a democratic, legal and legitimate government. Knowing that to be true, why on earth would they allow an election that would cause them to lose control?

I strongly believe that the election will only happen in order to give them legal mandate to rule. There is no other reason why they should allow a fair election to take place. So what does it mean for us the people of Fiji?

Tupou Draunidalo says we should all vote, be a part of the election. Fine, but what if the election is really a ruse. It is meticulously engineered to give Voreqe, Aiyaz, Gates and company the legal power they need.What then?

The Fijians will pay for Aiyaz and Bais scam FINANCIALLY'.Increased GST,. Increased cost of living. More and more people forced into Poverty.

You will pay for it with your health.NOW FIJI'S HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS THE WORST ITS EVER BEEN.YOU PAY FOR YOUR BEDSHEETS. THE WARDS ARE NOT CLEAN. THE NURSES ARE TIRED AFTER WORKING 12 HOURS AND GETTING PAID FOR 8 HRS.THE SYSTEM IS FARKED.

You will pay EMOTIONALLY.MORE YOUNG FIJIANS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

YOU WILL PAY FOR IT WITH YOUR LIFE.400 FIJIAN BABIES DIED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS BECAUSE THE MOTHERS HAD NO MONEY TO FEED THEM.WHAT SORT OF A FARKED UP COUNTRY IS THIS.

ALL BECAUSE AIYAZ AND BAINIMARAMA ARE STEALING THE MONEY AND FARKING UP THE COUNTRY AND GIVING DODGY DEALS WITH OUTSIDE INVESTORS and RECIEVING BRIBES.

THESE TWO ARSEHOLES DO NOT CARE FOR THE PEOPLE.THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES.

THE PROBLEM IS THE FIJIAN ARMY IS FULL OF IDIOTS WHO CANT SEE WHAT MESS THEY GOT US INTO.

FF is not a party it is a National Movement..!!It was formed solely to get rid of Bainimarama since i have secured all and had completly destroyed the yavutu of all itaukeis,which means job done!!

It is time for Bai to be left alone and answerable to his own kind while we have the comfort of enjoying the biggest loot ever happen in any government in history.

I'm sure the itaukei will have him trialed for his involvement in 2000 and what he did in 2006 was not right,yes,absolutely it was just foolish of him to do that.

He roped me in but i told him its with condition and that's it... you know what i mean...

Now little did i know that these itaukeis are more intelligent then what i first thought to be....you know they seem to be far behind in almost everything but still they are all updated on what i secretly did in my own capacity as AG and as acting PM.

Now they exposed me to the world and they even put on print what i had done secretly in the past years concerning their land..which i'm very much interested in it.

Now since they kida i will pause mada till after election what's the outcome....if it come my way LAND is sure taken away from GCC and iTLTB i'll make sure it is passed in parliament.But if we lost in this election everything had been prepared to go against Bai for we work under one rule.I'm not so worry coz i got my get away route ever ready!!

itaukei's IQ are so amazing now they know each and everyone who benefited directly and indirectly from my secret dealings.

They even know who all i appointed in boards/commission/council/CEO/Manger/AO/Directors/GM/A-GM/supervisor/clerk/accountant/IT/Diplomats/drivers/cleaner...all

Neil Sharma called me last week and informed me that he is not so sure about FF chances,even though i assured him of our publicity still he insist that all is not well from his point of view.

I was a bit worry becoz on top of that on Tuesday i call all volunteers for a meeting.I just want to chased them all out you know who all attended these are all taxi drivers and some former civil servants and our families Bai too were there.All qase fallas hardly no youth...that's a worrying trend to me yes.

The absent of youths were are major concerned to me!!You know they command are large proportion of voters quite a significant number in this category.

You know then i had rumours of civil servant distributing leaflets with SODELPA speeches and information on it,this were done right under the nose of those ministers while visiting rurals.This issue bothers me right now and the only avenue i'll counter is to confused the public and inject more publicity on FF.

Don't ask me if i regret joined Bai in his bandwagon i know what i'm doing and if you ask FLP leader he will give you the same answer...you see for the shake of keeping his voter loyalty he have to go thru court system to be trialed..yes that's what we did..you see how easily he just pay the 2 million done!!!

Chaudry mention that FF will be his option after election but for now it will be SODELPA,This is why...if FLP jump ship after election and join FF SODELPA will take opposition they will definitely ignore us,by then NFP will be approached to join in for the shake of nation building our .FIJI. We had an unfinished task to do once.

With all the hassle and bustle i still manage to sleep well Yes..sometimes but you know we need rest.

Whatever the outcome of this election , may god unite the people of Fiji , for we are a young and small nation ,we share a long history , so why should we throw this all away because for decades we have had a host of horrible politicians , unionists , opportunists , businessmen . Whatever the outcome we should pray that our country does well . If all else fails , we have hope to elect a new breed of leaders that can steer our country into a new direction with hope and prosperity . God bless Fiji .

Fijians have lost their identity – and are now called iTaukei by Bainimarama’s Junta. This is an insult to Fijians, but other Fijians, the ones with the guns, are running around intimidating and assaulting their own people and forcing them to follow Khaiyum.

The i taukei must be fairly rewarded for the use of resources - bauxite, gravel,sand, mahogany, mineral water, pine etc. Why the i taukei remain poor when all the people who take their resources are super rich and stay in glass houses.Why the i taukei are not fairly paid for their resources.The resources are exploited and there is no planned sustainable way to look after the environment and the future of the land owners.Late Ratu Mara had the vision and had initiated the mahogany plantation which has become a billion dollar commodity.If the landowners miss out on this resource to capitalise for their benefit it will be really unfair and sad.We have not seen the benefits of resources been passed to the landowners.The landowners need protection so that their living standard is improved not for now but for the future generation.Why government is not helping i taukei to set up businesses to help i taukei to add value to their resources? This will have direct benefit to the landowners.

i taukei students got 16 scholarships out of a total of 600.i taukei lecturer had his employment terminated and was escorted out of FNU campus at Samabula by military on the directive of Ganesh -V.C. of FNU for bringing this to the attention of the public.

What has been the real benefit to the landowners for the bauxite that has been taken by the chinese.The standard of living remains. The only benefit was short term employment.There has been no sustainable way to extract bauxite for long term benefits to the landowners.This is applicable to most of the resources where i taukei have not got any much return except employment.

Just because an Asian national is found arriving at Nadi International carrying a bag full of methamphetamine, why do you automatically assume he's Chinese?

Hehe, silly question, I know!

Time for the Chinese embassy to arrange another grand luncheon with the Commissioner of Police to discuss what can be done to free this poor Chinese "businessman", assuming they haven't run out of red envelopes yet.

ANY NEWS ON THE PROPOSED REVELATION OF THESE TWO PIGS SALARY AND ASSETS? AFTER ALL IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REVEALED ON MONDAY LAST. I GUESS THEY DONT WANT THE TRUTH TO BE EXPOSED OR THEIR BOOK KEEPERS NEED MORE TIME TO COOK SOMETHING UP.

The drunken padre has finally gone! Your tab at the Golf Course is still yet to be paid, but you've left too early. May be we will just send it to the Vatican to pass it to St. Peter to let you know when you do finally meet.

Thank you, Anonymous 9:12 PM, for articulating what should have been the main topic and question for this blogsite ever since it first began: what is to be done when the regime steals the election?

This election really IS a ruse. It IS meticulously engineered to legitimise Voreqe, Aiyaz, etc. by giving them what appears to be a popular mandate.

We can be sure of that because this regime would never allow the election to occur without a predetermined outcome. The phony Fiji Sun polls are designed to give what seems like added confirmation of the declared outcome, which will not be independently verifiable -- even with the presence of foreign observers -- since the regime has prohibited exit polling and even banned the carrying of notes into the polling booth.

That's why I've urged all along that the opposition parties unite. SODELPA has the strongest base of support; all of the other parties should have negotiated with SODELPA on the shape of a future unity government and then fallen in behind Ro Teimumu's leadership. This united opposition should then have boycotted the elections until the regime made numerous changes to even the playing field. Had our opposition remained unified, the regime would have had no choice but to meet our demands.

Fiji's friends in foreign capitals would have been heartened to see the opposition finally stir. They would have begun to resist the temptation to go wobbly in the face of what previously seemed the inevitable approach of a regime electoral "win".

We should have marched, to demonstrate that we have the numbers. This would have given the lie to the polls, making it more difficult for the regime to pretend shortly that it had won the elecfion by a wide margin. It also would have made it more difficult for foreign capitals to see their countries' interests better served by simply going along with the pretense.

With the election only two months away, and the various parties stubbornly and foolishly going their own separate ways, an election boycott is no longer feasible. Moreover, that evanescent light "Emil King" no longer seems active in organising a march -- just another flash in the pan, apparently.

As Anonymous 9:12 correctly deduced, the fix is in. Soon you'll see. And the proper question is, indeed, what then?

His marrying an iTaukei girl does not mean that Khaiyum does not hate "everything iTaukei". Statistics reveal that people have/had married their spouses for reasons other than love. Some have/had even married their spouses for hate.

Your use of the term "bogan" for all who do not agree with your mindset reveals about you that you think that you are better than everyone else. I would caution you against that type attitude because the good book says "He who exalts himself above others shall be abased but he who is abased shall be exalted". If I were you, I would be wary of calling everybody "bogan" as they might rise above you at a latter time.

And those who think are better than anybody else are perhaps those that think through their rear end?

The leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party Ro Teimumu Kepa said the party strongly believes that majority of the people in the country are still focused on voting along racial lines.

In an interview with Fijvillage, Ro Teimumu has revealed that majority of SODELPA’s support is from the itaukei community while they are facing difficulties in getting the support of Fijians of Indian descent.

She said this is one of the main reasons why SODELPA has decided to have a post-election coalition arrangement with the Fiji Labour Party.

When questioned on whether the policies being proposed by SODELPA may be one of reasons for the lack of support from all groups in the country, Ro Teimumu said this is just the way the people vote.

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Ro Teimumu maintained this is the case although the legislated race based voting system has been abolished by the government.

She said the result of the election will speak for itself after September 17th.

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When questioned on whether the Fiji Labour Party is struggling to attract itaukei support, FLP Leader Mahendra Chaudhry said they are encouraged by their support however political integration cannot occur in a short span of time.

He did not elaborate further on what Ro Teimumu has said.

Meanwhile, FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama maintained his stand that the best people should be chosen by the voters.

He believes that everyone can work together irrespective of their race, religion or culture.

I HEARD FROM ONE THE CANDIDATE PUSHING ITAUKEI THAT THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE, IF NOT THE LAND WILL BE TAKEN AWAY. VOTE FOR ME YOU WILL BE REPRESENTED IN PARLIMENT, VOTE FOR SODELPA WE WILL SECURE THE LAND SAFE.

So after all the lies you have told on coup 4.5 about the PM and AG earning multiple salaries with millions stashed in bank accounts, now we learn the truth. The PM gets $235,000 in salary and allowances and the AG gets $185,000, less than a permanent secretary in the civil service. And their assets are outstripped by those of the Fiji First Party President Luveni. You have zero credibility. NONE.

Stop using Jesus name in vain macafaka. Opportunists like you even do not spare god when it comes to propagating your self interest. It's lowlife bogans like you who claim to be Christians but actually worship the devil. Cleanse your soul of the hatred first before claiming to be a Christian. Do not use Christs name to serve your own interests. It not me who am calling you a bogan. You are called a bogan because your action demands for the tag to be put on people like you who have thin and shallow mentality that cannot see beyond their arsehole.

Fiji first all the way - never in our village history were we given rights to the sea . Now we do . We have received payments for fishing in our waters . No Pm has ever done that . Not Mara , not Bavadra .not even the thief Chaudhary ... Only frank n Aiyaz .

We now get extra income , plus they are supporting us to fish ourselves so that we can make more money .

Can someone reveal how much Aslam Khan the conniving muslim closet homo got for his 'gracious' exit from Vodafone? He and his slack slutty wife (Nazhat Shameem) have now conveniently placed themselves in the UN HR capital, after conspiring to lead Fiji into this dark hole where we are suffering and worse have lost loved ones because of this regime no one elected in the first place. They deserve nothing less than to be flogged skinned alive in public.

Just as I thought. These morons will keep screaming about the PM and AG's millions despite all the evidence revealed today. The leadership isn't stupid. They waited this long to reveal what they get so that the whole lot of you would have your credibility destroyed as close to the election as possible. Now where do you go? Oh yes I know. Nur Bano, hidden Chinese bank accounts blah blah blah. Off you go!

Vinaka SODELPA & NikoBy end of July each one us 600,000 kai viti in the VKB will have a copy of list of anti kai viti decrees and we will bury F First !!News is spreading like wild fire in the villages and anger building.No amount of development and bribes will bury the kai viti fire!!!Toso Toso Toso SODELPA sa kilai na lasu keina veivakaisini nei Voreqe!!!

Anon 10:47, "itaukei are not that stupid"...brainless moron...wid such statements, you are implying that i-taukei's are stupid. Not that generally means that i-taukeis are stupid but not 100% stupid.How much stupid are they then?? 99.99%?? Shithole, go back to primary school and get the leftover stupidity removed.No wonder you think from your shithole that your brain.

High tea, you're right. The previous poster is right. But the rest of these guys STILL don't get it. Talking about what SODELPA is going to do with the government . . . Good grief! As if Bainimarama will allow it . . .

After eight years they still haven't learnt anything.

If we're never willing to shed blood, we're never going to get our country back. Freedom isn't free.

Also, defending our rights isn't "instigating violence". Those who deprive us of our rights are the instigators. And theirs is not "innocent blood".

My husband gets paid $185,000 so what is the big deal? There are others like all the PS, CEO's of FNPF, LTA etc who get much larger pay packets. With my husbands pay,we are also feeding a lot of lazy mouths who talk big but do very little work. All the pathetic talk by the bogan i-taukeis are only because they are not getting to freeload. Get your lazy arse up and do some real work and contribute towards Fiji growth rather than waiting for handouts. Stop shaming the rest of us with your half wits and intelligence display.

Just Situational Logic makes perfect sense. The regime will steal the election. It will lose by a landslide but announce that it has WON by a landslide. Then look for the congratulations to pour in from foreign capitals, including Canberra and Wellington.

As I see it, we have one last hope, but it's a dim one. We need a mass action -- a march, sit-in, rally or whatever. Whatever it is, we need it soon, and we need to go all out for it. If we'd done it back at M-Minute during Operaton Jericho, we'd be living in freedom under a constitutional government by now.

Keep it simple and sensible, and let's all support it.

I hope C4.5 and Emil King are still cooking up something. If not, then somebody else. (The Pink Nostradamus ladies?)

Kaiyum your file is with RFMF you try to dodge,hide,duck walk,goose step,wink,bury,hoodwink,migrate,invest in trust,invest in companies to hide all those millions...sorry dude........you were followed all time till now..!!

So Bainimarama has finally revealed his pay. It comes in at nearly $280,000. That makes him the highest paid Prime Minister EVER in Fiji’s History.

There is NO WAY TO VERIFY these claims because • There are NO AUDITED ACCOUNTS of Government• There are NO AUDITED ACCOUNTS of the RFMF slush fund, • There are NO AUDITED ACCOUNTS of the PM’s Office fundsIf you are a regime supporter or the Fiji Sun you will take them at face Value but if you are a thinking voter or even a true journalist you will want to have some questions answered.

1- When Bainimarama held the coup he insisted all ministers have a 30% pay cut. He himself said he would continue to receive only the commanders pay of circa $70,000. He is now receiving 4 times that amount. Who else in Fiji has had a fourfold increase in Salary in the last 8 years? Most people are now earning less in real terms than they were in 2006.

He went on the record in 2006 and said NO ONE INVOLVED IN THE COUP would benefit financially. $280,000 IS A HUGE BENEFIT

2- Who authorized Bainimarama’s massive pay increase?

3- When did he get his 400% pay Rise?

3- Why is he paid by Aliz Pacific and not by the Ministry of Finance?

4- Where are the declarations about his children?

5- Are there any Trust accounts of which he or any member of his family is a beneficiary, a contributor or a Trustee?

LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY what about his alleged undeclared income.• The brown envelopes from Chinese developers, • The Overseas payments from wealthy businessmen, • The freebies he and his family get.

Teimumu twitters to Tarr(ex-USP VC:"I'm feeling the heat. Come and douse the fire".Tarr responds: "My hose is not strong enough to douse the heat that Bainimarama/Khaiyum combo is providing. I suggest you bring chaudahary and flp onboard"And this is how SODELPA/FLP marriage of convenience was born.

Khaiyum's continuation of writing the election rules and being the general secretary of a political party contesting the elections is wholly unfair and a direct conflict of interest. Khayium must do the right thing and step down as Minister of Elections. Furthermore, the illegal AG need to be transparent and accountable to the people of Fiji by producing the Auditor General's report since 2006.This will reveal the level of CORRUPTION, NEPOTISM and BAD GOVERNANCE.

The salary declared by the illegal P.M. and illegal A.G is all cooked up figures by aunty nur bano.This is another lair and fraud on the people.The current salary is the one recently done by Ministry of Finance.Even the current salary is day light robbery on the people.